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Auction Date: October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025

Page Size: 303 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Christelick Nutzpar Betpuchlein, Ein	Nuremberg	1523	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 889.00
2	Oecumenius	Oecumenius. Exegeseis palaiai. Expositiones antiquae	Verona	1532	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 508.00
3	of Coucy Moses ben Jacob	Praecepta Mosaica, 2 parts in 1, Latin translation and supplements by Sebastian Munster	Basel	1533	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 952.50
4	Joannes Arboreus	Doctissimi et uberrimi commentarii in quatuor domini evangelistas	Paris	1551	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,397.00
5	Philip Melanchthon	Council of Trent.- Melanchthon (Philip) Confessio doctrinae Saxonicarum ecclesiarum Synodo Tridentinae oblata	Nuremberg?	1552	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,651.00
6	David Kimhi	Compedium Michlol	Paris	1554	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,286.00
7		Bible, Latin.- Biblia	Antwerp	1563	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,794.00
8	Nicolas Sanders	De Origine ac Progressu Schismatis Anglicani Libri Tres	Rome	1586	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 254.00
9	Nicholas Everard	Loci Argumentorum Legales	Frankfurt	1591	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
10	Thomas a Kempis	Opera Omnia, second edition	Antwerp	1607	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 330.20
11	Theophilus Golius	Grammatica Graeca	Amsterdam	1635	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 457.20
12	Moses Maimonides	De Idololatria Liber, translated into Latin by Dionysius Vossius, text in Hebrew & Latin	Amsterdam	1642	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 228.60
13	Saint John Chrysostom	Opera Omnia, 6 vol. in 3 only (of 12) (Old Testament only)	Frankfurt	1698	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 241.30
14		Bible, German.- Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Heil. Schrift, translated by Martin Luther	Nuremberg	1720	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 431.80
15	John Covel	Some Account of the Present Greek Church	Cambridge	1722	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,651.00
16	John Guillim	A Display of Heraldry, sixth edition, for R. and J. N Bonwick and R. Wilkin ...		1724	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 698.50
17	Charles Perry	A View of the Levant: particularly of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt, and Greece, Edward Gibbon's copy		1743	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
18	Rev. Jonathan Edwards	The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin defended;...	Boston	1758	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 406.40
19		Rules, Orders and Regulations (The), of the Magdalen House, for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes		1760	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 355.60
20	Thomas Sheridan	A Complete Dictionary of the English Language	Philadelphia	1789	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 6.35
21	Jacob Duche	Discourses on Various Subjects		1790	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,079.50
22	Samuel Seabury	Discourses on Several Subjects	New York	1793	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 330.20
23	Michael Chamich	History of Armenia, translated by Johannes Avdall, 2 vol. in English	Calcutta	1827	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 3,302.00
24	Friedrich Nietzsche	The Antichrist..., one of 550 copies, illustrated by Norman Lindsay		1928	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 279.40
25		Diocese of Sydney Year Book	Sydney	1952-1960	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.